A.Word.A.Day with Anu Gargextraterritoriality PRONUNCIATION: (ek-struh-ter-i-tor-ee-AL-i-tee) MEANING: noun:1. Exemption from the jurisdiction of local law, for example, as for diplomats.2. The applicability of a state's laws outside its territory. ETYMOLOGY:From Latin extra- (outside) + territorium (land around a town), from terra (land). Earliest documented use: 1836.___________________________________________________add Rrextraterritoriality - the right of a King to rule whatever land he can coerce or conquer

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